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Remembering Jesus Book Makes Top Ten List

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The Academy of Parish Clergy Inc. has named the book "Remembering Jesus: Christian
Community, Scripture, and the Moral Life" by Dr. Allen Verhey of the Hope College
religion faculty one of the "Top Ten Books for Parish Ministry" published in 2002.

In the book, Verhey, who is the Evert J. and Hattie E. Blekkink Professor of Religion
at Hope, asserts that following Jesus requires remembering Jesus, which entails reading
and understanding Scripture, where the memory of Jesus is found. "Remembering Jesus"
examines what Jesus said and did, and applies it to medical, sexual, economic and
political ethics. The book also explores the church in relation to Jesus's teaching.

"Remembering Jesus" was published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. of Grand Rapids.
A total of four books published by the company were on the academy's top 10 list,
more than by any other publisher.

In December, "Remembering Jesus" was one of nine theology books included as recommended
reading by "The Christian Century" in the publication's "Special Christmas Section
of Books and CDs."

Verhey is the author or editor of nine other books, including "The Great Reversal:
Ethics and the New Testament" and the anthology "On Moral Medicine: Theological Perspectives
on Medical Ethics," the latter of which won a CHOICE award as one of the outstanding
academic books of 1987. He has written some 200 articles which have appeared in journals,
as chapters of scholarly books or as contributions to encyclopedias.

His book "Reading the Bible in the Strange World of Medicine" will be forthcoming
from Eerdmans in November.

The Academy of Parish Clergy is a voluntary and self-governing association of clergypersons,
both men and women, with pastoral roles, ordinarily in congregational settings. The
primary purpose of the academy is to clarify the vocational role of parish clergy
and to enhance professional competence by setting standards, imposing self- discipline
for effective service and collectively addressing the needs of their profession.